With the acquisition of Skinteam, ABT becomes a main producer and supplier of the entire value chain within all of Skinteam's skincare salons and hair care salons. ABT is confident that it will also be able to source, produce and supply
high quality hair care products to Skinteam's value chain for the hair salons. ABT is thus entering a new market which is both large and lucrative.

ABTs CEO Håvard Lindstrøm says:

* This is a milestone for ABT, Skinteam and their combined shareholders. With this acquisition, ABT establishes itself as a major supplier and distributor in both skincare and hair care in Norway. The acquisition is part of ABT's consolidation strategy and will be strategically correct for both companies as Skinteam has strengths as an innovative distributor while ABT holds and provides valuable IPR and cosmetic ingredients, controls the production of its product series and will over time supply Skinteam with all the products that its needs. The ambition is to establish ourselves as a major and important player in the Nordic region during 2024. Together, we are building a larger distribution network that will be profitable in itself, but also interesting for other players in skin and hair care.

ABT expects that the acquisition will impact the forward-looking statements for 2023 as follows:

* Skinteam's revenues as of 30 June was above 25 MNOK and following the acquisition it is expected that ABT, Cosmed Beauty and Skinteam will have more than 100 MNOK in revenue on 12 months rolling basis from August 2023.
* During the same period it is expected that both ABT, Cosmed Beauty and Skinteam will reach a positive EBITDA